Horrendous California Fires Probably Great for ‘Endangered’ Braunton’s Milkvetch
The California fires highlighted the bizarre imbalance of the ESA, where infinite value is assigned to protected organisms and infinitesimal value assigned to the life and well-being of millions of people. Too often, these animals and plants are not really ‘endangered’ or ‘threatened’ with extinction. One plant, Braunton’s milk vetch (Astragalus brauntonii), is a nearly […]